What the hell is up with that?

So I may get my first hot shower today in almost a month.  I’ve been taking cold outdoor showers and getting clean but not like that hot shower clean.  I can’t wait.  I may even get to watch a little tv, cook in a real kitchen and sit on real furniture.  I am salivating at the idea of all this.  Mainly just the hot shower part.

Work has been crazy the past few days.  I am worn out from lack of sleep and work.  I get off late on the weekends and then head back to camp.  I fall asleep around 1 am.  I am then woken up by my camp mates at the crack ass of dawn.  I then lay in a mild slumber for another hour until finally giving up on sleep.  I need a few days of rest in a comfy bed with no one else in sight.  I think I will get a room at the Hanalei Inn in a month or so and take advantage of a hot shower and comfy bed for a night or two.  That would recharge me. 

It’s ruff being homeless sometimes.  By no means am I complaining.  I would rather be homeless here than in the Tenderloin of San Fran.  After all, it’s my choice.  I am learning a lot about life and what things are important to me.  I don’t know where this wave is taking me but the ride is pretty interesting and fun.

Speaking of waves…my boss has been surfing for 40 something years.  He’s an avid surfer obviously.  So he’s gonna take me to the swap meet in Hanalei this month and show me around.  Basically all the surfers show up and buy/sell/trade their boards.  I am looking to get a long board.  The waves here are insane.  That’s why I will be at Pinetrees.  It’s a surf spot for the surfing challenged. 

You see it goes a little something like this.  Coral: a beautiful yet painlfull piece of life.  Hawaian waves: very large, very powerful, very beautiful and respected by all islanders.  Waves tumble you and try to chew you up and spit you out.  In the midst of the tumble you run the risk of catching the coral.  This equals pain.  And if you are unlucky enough to get churned into the coral, then you are probably going to return to shore with a nice big thorn from a see urchin.  That’s a whole other story.  Anyway, point being, I will be at the Pines where there’s sand and a bunch of beginners.

I’ll take pictures when the winter swells begin.  You won’t believe how big they get.  People get towed in by a jet ski and ride these massive swells.  I am talking fourty feet high and a little surfer ripping down the face of the wave.  It’s absolute insanity if you ask me.  A healthy insanity though. 

Well folks that’s all for today.  I’ll be in touch.  I miss all of you terribly.  I can’t wait to see all of you at the holidays. 

Mahalo Nui Loa

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